Under the rules, you won’t be allowed to drain your pool and refill it. But you will be allowed to raise the water level. And if the stricter rules are approved, you won’t be able to get a permit for a new pool at all.

Golf courses would also not be allowed to use treated water except on greens and tees.

Even though we’ve had a decent amount of rain lately, it had raised the water level at the disctict’s primary water source, Lake Lavon, by only about one foot.

Without more rain it is feared that the lake level will drop even further, and that concerns Rob Anderson. “With all these restrictions it’s hard to make any home improvements or keep your current house the way it should be maintained.”

The District says it doesn’t want people to spend money on new grass and landscaping, only te be told later that they can’t water them.

North Texas Municipal Water District Deputy Director Mike Rickman says they are trying to work something out with government agencies to start pumping water out of Lake Texoma again, but with uncertainty there and with the generally dry winter, they are now talking about stage 4 watering restrictions.